WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! (And YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY AYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!!!!!!!!) Oh my word, 2019 could not end soon enough! And with the New Year comes a new resolution to read more, and hey, do I have the solution to your problems right here! Starting with Edie Montreaux, a dear friend of mine, and the friend of another dear friend, who sat me… Read More

So this is short–it’s super late, and I’ve got a promo tour to write in a minute, and, well, tired. But yesterday we had a delightful change of pace. Mate’s cousin is staying on Mate’s grandmother’s property (which is now ours) and generally fixing it up in lieu of rent. Folks, given how much work… Read More

So, I gave sort of an overview of this play in a link of yesterday’s blog, but, again, it’s been haunting me. I thought I’d go over some quotes that have resonated with me for over thirty years– *  This society will not be a bag to swing around your head, Mr. Putnam— John Proctor… Read More

Hey all– I’ve been writing a lot of blog posts that I’m not posting. Normally I wouldn’t even mention them, but I didn’t want those of you worried about the Patreon eating all my time to think that’s where all the blog post went–I’ll still blog about my family, but sometimes the blog acts as… Read More

LOL–no, seriously. Well, the good news is we have heat for now, and the bad news is the water heater is… well, frizzing. So, yes, we DO get out of the shower into a balmy 68 degrees, but since the shower possibly dropped our core temperatures down to our blue and frozen toes, well, it’s,… Read More

Remember when we were little, and we wanted all the presents and all the candy and all the sweets? We wanted a thousand Christmas celebrations and a thousand family members and all the hoopla in the world? Well, we’re all a little older now–even the teenagers–and we have simpler wants. The kids wanted clothes, because… Read More

*  Black cats shouldn’t sit on black cushions with their eyes closed. *  If you have no heat and you have no hot water, it’s perfectly acceptable to peace out of your morning shower. *  Space heaters are kind little creatures and we should treat them well and give them thanks. *  If it’s raining… Read More

So, the heater is going to cost a grand–maybe, if we’re lucky. It might cost four, we won’t know until Tuesday. Yes, that Tuesday. The day before Christmas Tuesday. *headdesk* I’ll be honest– when I heard that, I, uh, took a nap. I was cold, I’ve been stressed and in pain, and I was up… Read More

Christmas shopping with Mate is one of my favorite good things from a bad place to have happened in the last decade. I used to be one of those crazy people waiting the day after Thanksgiving for the doors to Toys-R-Us to open, and I gotta tell you, we gave our kids a lot of… Read More

Takes deep breath… ZoomBoy’s choir presentation was Saturday– so for most of the week there’s been picking him up late and trying to make sure we had everything from an iron to sour gummy candy to hair gel. But it was worth it– the presentation was FANTASTIC, and it lasted a good three hours (so,… Read More